- Date
- June 7, 1978
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4277ABeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780607020299A
- Case key
- 141400
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1735 78/6/7 LAKE WALES,FL BEECH V35B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2245 N4277A PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 1219 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 59 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JACKSONVILLE,FL RETURN LAKE WALES,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER TKOF ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4277A
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
N4277ARegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2013 · Beech V35BAirframe modelBeech V35BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4277A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL90LA002Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportColquitt, GAThe pilot's failure to obtain current enroute weather information for his destination resulting in his flying VMC into IMC conditions which resulted in his collision with powerlines while making a precautionary landing on a road.NTSB NYC74FHJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedWhite Plains, NY